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by moffkalast 1689 days ago
> The (sadly all too) common approach to rarely occurring bugs & edge cases: Pretend like the problem doesn't exist. Blame it on faulty networking, solar flares, etc.

How to tell if someone hasn't been working with a piece of software in production yet? They've never blamed a bug on cosmic radiation yet :D

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Remember to always blame the user… or the universe!
Relevant: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/lKXe3HUG2l4, The mess we are in (2014), Joe Armstrong